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Dropped my iPad
I dropped it on the kitchen floor and now it has several cracks along the screen.
![]() ![]() It's working fine ATM but I don't know what to do, should I take it to an Apple Store? Will they replace the screen? How much will it cost? Just wondering if this happened to anyone else on here. |
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As far as I know, Apple will only replace hardware/software issues, not accidental damage
Gonna be a repair job
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I dropped it on the kitchen floor and now it has several cracks along the screen.
![]() ![]() It's working fine ATM but I don't know what to do, should I take it to an Apple Store? Will they replace the screen? How much will it cost? Just wondering if this happened to anyone else on here. |
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Do you have House Insurance? If you have accidental damage cover with it, you could claim for that.
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Is it under warranty? If it is, take it to the Apple store. Read a forum, where they say they will replace It for free.
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Apple have been known to offer free replacement in certain circumstances as a gesture of goodwill, but I would imagine it's only been offered in exceptional circumstances.
Out of warranty replacement will cost £206.44 for an original iPad or iPad 2, and £256.44 for the new iPad, and you get a new or as-new refurbished unit. |
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Apple have been known to offer free replacement in certain circumstances as a gesture of goodwill, but I would imagine it's only been offered in exceptional circumstances.
Out of warranty replacement will cost £206.44 for an original iPad or iPad 2, and £256.44 for the new iPad, and you get a new or as-new refurbished unit. ![]() Only had it around 4 months or so, so I presume it's still under warranty. Need to dig out all the stuff! |
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![]() Only had it around 4 months or so, so I presume it's still under warranty. Need to dig out all the stuff! |
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I would take it to apple, if their feeling kind and you turn on the puppy eyes, they 'might' take pity and replace it for you..
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I would take it to apple, if their feeling kind and you turn on the puppy eyes, they 'might' take pity and replace it for you..
Good luck! Haha.
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Hope so! I better go, maybe show a bit of leg.
Haha. Or both!![]()
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Hope so! I better go, maybe show a bit of leg.
Haha.
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I have seen plenty continue to be used with a cracked screen.
You will probably find someone cheap to repair an iPad 2 screen but the new one is all glued down to funnel everyone to the Apple recycling program business. |
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I have seen plenty continue to be used with a cracked screen.
You will probably find someone cheap to repair an iPad 2 screen but the new one is all glued down to funnel everyone to the Apple recycling program business.
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If you want to try yourself visit iFixit for advice and safety warnings.
The 2/10 score it gives means extreme caution is needed. |
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I have seen plenty continue to be used with a cracked screen.
You will probably find someone cheap to repair an iPad 2 screen but the new one is all glued down to funnel everyone to the Apple recycling program business.
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